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Not quite classical - "jazzical" perhaps? There is a freeform nature to the music that is more Free Jazz than classical, but the underlying classical style of the input is still re…

> The only pitfall we've run into was in connecting the manipulation of the rods with the manipulation of the more abstract numbers. You could try clearly printing the numbers on t…

The ultrasonic transducer probably does a pretty good job of warding off animals. Nothing quite like disturbing the wildlife while counting how many people are disturbing the wildl…

concur.com - mostly with the mobile app, but the web app is also very usable.

Ah yes, because that kind of thing never happens on HN...

Which presumably means it's covered with the same disgusting fake chocolate that the rest of Hershey products are made with, which means it's not really a KitKat...

Just like it says in the article. (You did read the article, right?)

Wonderful book, but if Norman is updating it, I really hope he drops the 'POET' backronym. It was contrived and awkward, and it's repeated inclusion felt seemed more like a slight …

Have to admit, I was more amused by the fake cinder-block wallpaper!

Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "drink to forget"!

'Fork you' ?

"I hooked up [two] my shock absorbing lanyards" You really didn't read it, did you?

"six grueling hours of chemistry, physics, and math" Otherwise known as three two-hour papers - hardly the stuff of legend! I'm not suggesting the papers are easy, just that by any…

> The BBC did an edit of the first series of myth busters, they chopped it down to 25 minutes, just by getting rid of the stupid recaps. Now there's a service I'd pay for! It would…

At one point Rails 4 was considering Test::Spec, and I for one was disappointed when that was dropped, as it was an opportunity to standardise on declarative style tests in a light…

CarrierWave appears to support Rails 4; the rest are not doing anything special other than making jquery js acripts available in the asset pipline without manually installing them,…

Is it just me, or do quite a few of these look like they've been auto-converted from a bitmap, and picked up jaggies in the process (icon-windows for example)?

They'd allegedly get lucrative govenment contacts cancelled: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwest#Refusal_for_NSA_spying It has also been suggested that the insider trading charge w…

Blog spam. No original research - just paraphrasing the Guardian article.

If you read the article you'll see they were convicted of the "puffed up charges". They await sentencing.

I couldn't help but be struck by the parallels between this case and that of Aaron Swartz, given the significant overreach by the prosection in continuing to add federal charges to…

Not to be depended on as a substitute for backup, but 'dead' doesn't necessarily mean dead . Forensic recovery (either DIY or professional, depending on the nature of the failure) …

From his comments defending not visiting ER given a recent unrelated health issue: The hospital billed $11,000 for a cat scan; the insurance paid 6k.' Seriously, if you need a an e…